2019-20_United_States_network_television_schedule

2019–20 United States network television schedule

2019–20 United States network television schedule

Television schedule for the fall of 2019


The 2019–20 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2019 to August 2020. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2018–19 season.

NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 12, 2019,[1] followed by Fox on May 13,[2] ABC on May 14,[3] CBS on May 15,[4] and The CW on May 16, 2019.[5]

PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns. The CW does not air network programming on Saturday nights.

New series are highlighted in bold.

All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.

Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.[6]

The TV season was strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the full impact of the health catastrophe did not hit until March 2020, by which time the network shows had already filmed the majority of their seasons' scripts, the entire primetime slate halted production that spring and did not resume it until the fall of 2020.

Legend

  •   Light blue indicates local programming.
  •   Gray indicates encore programming.
  •   Blue-gray indicates news programming.
  •   Light green indicates sporting events.
  •   Light Purple indicates movies.
  •   Red indicates series being burned off and other regularly scheduled programs, including specials.
  •   Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
  •   Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
  •   Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.

Sunday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

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  • Note: As with the two previous seasons, NBC aired all new live episodes of Saturday Night Live in real time with the rest of the United States, placing it in that time period for the Pacific and Mountain time viewers beginning September 28, with a rebroadcast following the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii, and other Pacific Islands will continued to air the show on a delay. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, three "At Home" editions of the series have aired, but have been pre-compiled and edited before broadcast, airing after the late local news in all time zones.
  • Note: Due to the suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season, NBA Saturday Primetime games were replaced by encores of ABC programming, as well as docuseries The Last Dance. The 76ers-Warriors game on March 7 wound up being the "season finale" for NBA Saturday Primetime, as the Warriors were not invited to Orlando when the NBA resumed play in July.
  • Note: Fox aired primetime PBC Fight Cards throughout its Late summer programming schedule.

By network

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

NBC

Renewals and cancellations

Note: Series that were unable to fulfil their original or extended episode orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been indicated below.

Full season pickups

ABC

  • American Housewife—Picked up for six additional episodes on November 7, 2019, bringing the episode count to 21; one episode remained unfilmed.[196][197]
  • Bless This Mess—Picked up for six additional episodes on November 7, 2019, bringing the episode count to 19.[196]
  • The Conners—Picked up for six additional episodes on May 14, 2019, bringing the episode count to 19.[198]
  • A Million Little Things—Picked up for a 19-episode full season on August 8, 2019.[199]
  • Mixed-ish—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 28, 2019.[200]
  • The Rookie—Picked up for a 20-episode full season on October 28, 2019.[200]
  • Schooled—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on December 3, 2019; one episode remained unfilmed.[201][197]
  • Stumptown—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 28, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.[200]

CBS

  • All Rise—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 22, 2019; two episodes were unfilmed, with one original episode compiled through web conferencing platforms.[202][197]
  • Bob Hearts Abishola—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 22, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.[202][197]
  • Carol's Second Act—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 22, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.[202]
  • The Greatest #AtHome Videos—Picked up for four additional episodes on July 2, 2020, bringing this season's episode count to 5.[77]
  • MacGyver—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on November 6, 2019.[lower-alpha 8][204]
  • The Unicorn—Picked up for five additional episodes on October 22, 2019, bringing the episode count to 18.[202]

The CW

  • The 100—Picked up for three additional episodes on June 6, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16.[205]
  • All American—Picked up for three additional episodes on October 8, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16.[206]
  • Batwoman—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 25, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.[207][197]
  • Legacies—Picked up for four additional episodes on July 18, 2019, bringing the episode count to 20; four episodes remained unfilmed.[208][197]
  • Nancy Drew—Picked up a 22-episode full season on October 25, 2019; four episodes remained unfilmed.[207][197]

Fox

  • Prodigal Son—Picked up for a 22-episode full season on October 7, 2019; two episodes remained unfilmed.[209][210]

NBC

  • Good Girls—Picked up for three additional episodes on August 14, 2019, bringing the episode count to 16; five episodes remained unfilmed.[211][197]
  • Superstore—Picked up for four additional episodes on November 5, 2019, bringing the episode count to 22; one episode remained unfilmed.[212][197]

Renewals

ABC

CBS

The CW

Fox

NBC

Cancellations/series endings

ABC

CBS

  • Broke—Canceled on May 6, 2020.[283] The series concluded on June 25, 2020.
  • Carol's Second Act—Canceled on May 6, 2020.[283]
  • Criminal Minds—It was announced on January 10, 2019, that season fifteen would be the final season.[65] The series concluded on February 19, 2020.
  • God Friended Me—Canceled on April 14, 2020, after two seasons.[284] The series concluded on April 26, 2020.
  • Hawaii Five-0—It was announced on February 28, 2020, that season ten would be the final season.[285] The series concluded on April 3, 2020.
  • Madam Secretary—It was announced on May 15, 2019, that season six would be the final season.[286][287] The series concluded on December 8, 2019.
  • Man with a Plan—Canceled on May 6, 2020, after four seasons.[283] The series concluded on June 11, 2020.
  • Tommy—Canceled on May 6, 2020.[283] The series concluded the following day.

The CW

  • The 100—It was announced on August 4, 2019, that season seven would be the final season.[288] The series concluded on September 30, 2020.
  • Arrow—It was announced on March 6, 2019, that season eight would be the final season.[289] The series concluded on January 28, 2020.
  • Being Reuben—The documentary miniseries was meant to run for one season only; it concluded on September 11, 2020.[290]
  • Katy Keene—Canceled on July 2, 2020. This was the only cancellation of the season.[291]
  • Taskmaster—On August 5, 2020, The CW pulled the series from its prime-time schedule.[292] The remaining episodes were made available on CW Seed on August 10, 2020.[293]

Fox

NBC

See also

Notes

  1. Series revival, previously aired by CBS from 1998–2000.
  2. Return of primetime celebrity format.
  3. U.S. broadcast television run of ESPN 10-part documentary series.
  4. Series revival, previously aired by CBS from 1979–2006.
  5. New episodes held from their originally intended airdate in the 2017–18 season.
  6. Episodes that aired this season only included updates to the cases explored during the 2018–19 season.
  7. U.S. broadcast television premiere; previously released on CBS All Access.
  8. In March 2020, following production shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision was taken to conclude the fourth season with 13 episodes. The remaining half-dozen episodes that had completed filming were retained as back-up programming for Fall 2020 and were aired as a part of season 5.[203]

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